AI agents call ssh_status to retrieve information from Ssh Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and reports the current state of SSH connections without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It has no side effects and is purely informational, fitting the Read category with low severity due to limited blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ssh_status' and description '查询SSH连接状态' (query SSH connection status) indicate status retrieval with no modification. This is a read-only operation that retrieves connection state information.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
查询SSH连接状态. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ssh Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ssh Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ssh_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Ssh Agent. Nothing to install.
ssh_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the ssh_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for ssh_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
ssh_status is provided by the Ssh Agent MCP server (zhijun/ssh-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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